Juniors are Local Heroes

One of the most successful years in the history of Durham Amateur Rowing Club’s Juniors section culminated earlier this month with the accolade of Junior Team/Club of the Year at the prestigious Northern Echo Local Heroes Awards. Now in its 15th year Local Heroes celebrates, recognises and rewards achievements in grassroots sports in the Northern[…]

British Indoor Record for Roger

Durham Amateur Rowing Club member Roger Stainforth demonstrated recently how rowing is a sport for all ages. Taking part in the Scottish Indoor Rowing Championships in Glasgow on December 6th Roger, who celebrated his 70th birthday in September, emerged with a new British Record in the over-70 age category. Roger’s time of 3 min 23.5[…]